Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

82 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

5. The opposite of Cooperation is divisive competition .

6. The result of no cooperation is individual action disconnected from team objectives .

D. The Golden Key: Celebrate diversity of gifting and burden among the team.

IV. Discover and utilize the gifts, experience, and strengths of each member: The Principle of IDENTIFICATION.

A. Key Scripture: Rom. 12.3-8

B. Definition of the Concept

1. “To assess and determine through careful analysis the gifts, abilities, and aptitudes of each team member to determine how they may best contribute to the team’s efforts”

2. Identification is the process where we design and facilitate the operation of each team member’s role and function.

C. The Principle Explained

1. Identification is concerned with the division of labor on an effective team.

2. In identifying team members and their roles, we seek to help each member define her own special role on the team, and to find her “place” on the team which suits best her gifts, capabilities, and burdens. 3. We facilitate identification by employing an array of methods and approaches designed to test and assess the overall gifts and aptitudes of the team member, and how such resources may be maximized within the team itself.

a. Interview

b. Experimentation

c. Assignment